Cement fence-post.



No. 828,429. PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906. F. w. & E. G. LABARGER.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT oFFioE FLAVIUS W. SHELLABARGER AND ELMER G.SHELLABARGER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CEMENT FENCE-POST.

I No. 828,429.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

Application filed February 28, 1906. Serial No- 303,343.

To all w/wm it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FLAVIUS W. SHELLA- BARGER and ELMER G.SHELLABARGER, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in thecounty of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cement Fence-Posts; and we do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the figures of reference marked Ehereon, which form a part ofthis specificaion.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fence-posts,and comprises a fence-post having the structural features hereinafterfully described, consisting of a cement post with means embedded thereinfor supporting the horizontal wires of a fence and further means formaintaining said horizontal wires in said supports.

Preceding a detail description of the invention reference is made to theaccompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a front elevation of acement post made in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a similarview showing the horizontal wires of the fence in position. Fig. 3 is across-section, enlarged, on the line y 1/ of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is across-section on the line as x of Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are modifiedconstructions of the supports for the horizontal wires of the fence.

The post 1 is constructed of cement of rectangular form in cross-sectionand of increased width at the base as compared with the top diameter.Three sides of the post are cored out, as at 2, to enable the earth toenter said recessed portions when the post is inserted a proper distancein the ground, and said recessed portions 2 also serve other urposeshereinafter noted. In the front si e of the post the recessed portions 2do not extend the full length of the post, but are connected by smallergrooves 3, which grooves are for a purpose which will presently appear.Embedded in the cement post at the proper points are a series ofmetallic supports 4, hav ing their exposed ends terminating in what mabe termed double eyes or loops 5, saic eyes or loops lying within therecesses 2 in the front side of the post and in positions to receive thehorizontal fence-wires 6, which are easily inserted within the spacebetween the double eyes 5. The shanks 4 of these supports are embeddedin the cement post at right angles to the vertical length of said post,and the only portion which is exposed is the double eye 5, which may beconstructed in accordance with Fig. 5 or Fig. 6.

Fig. 5 shows a construction consisting of a single piece of wire withtwo parallel loops extending from the arms or shanks 4, with suitableintervening space between said loops to admit of the horizontal wires 6being inserted between said loops. In this construction the adjacentsurface of the post forms the inner limit of the space occupied by thehorizontal wires. The construction shown in Fig. 6 consists of acomplete eye, which is made by twisting the wire in a complete coil atone end, between which coils the horizon tal wire 6 is placed in thesame manner. Either of these constructions is practical. The outer endsof the supports 4 do not project beyond the flat surface of the post,but are flush with said flat surface in order that in the shipment ofthe posts they may be packed one upon the other without liability ofcrushing the exposed ends of said sup ports.

8 designates a rod which is projected through the eyes 5 of the supportson the outer side of the horizontal fence-wires 6 and by means of whichsaid fence-wires are prevented from slipping out of said eyes. This rod8 lies within the recesses 2 and also extends through the smallerrecesses 3, which connect said larger recesses 2 in the front side ofthe post. The wires 6 constituting the running-wires of the fence arepressed inwardly when being inserted between the coils 5 of thesupports, and the rod 8 securely maintains said wires 6 in positions.The connection thus made, while being of a most rigid and substantialnature, is such to allow the natural expansion and contraction of thefence-wires. The post is adapted to machine-woven wire-fencing or afence built by hand.

7 designates horizontal openings through the post at points adjacent tothe supportingeyes 5. The purpose of these openings is to provide meansfor securing the fence-wires in the event that any of thesupporting-eyes should give way after being subjected to long usage. Ifsuch should happen, the fence may be supported at any point by tying thesame with an ordinary piece of wire passed through any of the openings7.

Having described our invention, claim A cement post having longitudinalrecesses 2 in one side thereof joined by recesses 3 of less width thansaid recesses, 2, a series of metallic loops lying within the recesses 2with their exposed ends wholly within said recesses, said metallic loopsbeing embedded transversely in the body of the post and consisting ofparallel sides overlappin each other and forming loops at each end whichcommunicate with each other, the larger loop being exposed and adaptedto receive between its coils the longitudinal fencewires, and a keyprojecting through said loops on the outside of the fence-Wires, saidkey lying within the recesses 2 and 3 of the post, as herein shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

FLAVIUS W. SHELLABARGER. ELMER G. SHELLABARGER.

Witnesses:

R. J. MGOARTY, O. M. THEOBALD.

